Najib Mokhtari is the director of the Mediterranean, North African, and Middle Eastern Studies Program at the International University of Rabat, Morocco. Since his appointment in 2011, he has been instrumental in securing a high standard of teaching, syllabus design, teaching practicum, translation, and research in English. In addition, he is an associate professor of English and Comparative Literature and a senior visiting lecturer on the Diacritical Readings of Post/ Colonial Literatures and Cultures within and across Global Strategic Dialogues in a number of colleges and universities. Najib also acts as supervisor on a variety of interdisciplinary academic research projects. He holds a Ph.D. in English & Comparative Literature from the University of Texas.